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ZEDbook highlights part one

I was kindly given a newly published publication called the ZEDbook, by one of the join authors Craig Simmons from Best Foot Forward after popping up to see the firm last Friday. One of his fellow authors is -given the book's title not surprisingly - Bill Dunster. Just got through the first couple of chapters and there's pretty stiff criticisms of developers going hell for leather to full zero carbon status. The words "reckless", "a ruse" and "stealing future reserves" are employed in the book.

The sustainable quiz

Mel helped me out by flagging this up at the weekend. I wouldn't want to deprive you of earning a 20 quid Amazon token, so try the sustainability quiz on the Building website. Good luck.

Review of Lomborg's "Cool It"

Book review by guest poster Matthew Simmons

Having scraped my way through the first couple of chapters of Cool It, my first thought by way of review was simply “Chatty”.

Then I thought, no, this is an opportunity to sound off, stick with it. And I did try. But frankly it’s a bit boring, unless you’re interested in arguing about economics, particularly the economics of Kyoto (briefly: Kyoto will cost an enormous amount of money, and delay global warming by a few years - "for the first 170 years, the costs are greater than the benefits"). One point that sticks out is that Branson gave $3 billion to climate change recently. As the economics go, this is the equivalent of delaying climate change by about a day, in 2100. As I said to a friend who works in economic regeneration of SE London, think how much you could do with that money.